Alfred George Horton (c. 1843–11 March 1903) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper proprietor and editor, businessman. He was born in Lincolnshire, England in c. 1843. He was a part-owner of The New Zealand Herald. He died at Auckland on 11 March 1903.[1] Within months, his two business partners also died and ownership of the Herald went to his son, Henry Horton, later in 1903.[2]